Our Girls

We have lived here for exactly 2 weeks today! Aftyn is starting to acclimate and yearns for friends already. She excitedly told me last Sunday that there are 2 girls in her church class that are twins! :)

Bronwyn ended up pretty darn sick from her church class last week and is sadly coughing a bit today so I kept her home to 1)not share what she has                               AND
                          2)keep her from getting some new sickness for Christmas.
She is definitely getting a bit big for her britches, having very determined ideas of what she wants to happen and trying out her freedom to choose her actions with all of us, mostly myself (Alysa) and Aftyn. It can be funny but also very frustrating. We just are trying to love her through it, which thankfully is pretty easy to do since she can be so caring and sweet.

Mirren is growing! On Thursday, I think she must have realized that she could finally really see things because she spent about 5 hours awake just looking all around her and at people's faces. Not at all normal for this girl who wakes up to eat, stays awake maybe 30 minutes after eating and then wants to go back to sleep until it's time to eat again. It is so sweet now when I really see her focusing on our faces, especially Reed's and the girls. She gets her fill of my face all day long with all that I currently do for her. It would seem she knows my voice quite well because sometimes if she's hungry and she hears me, wailing ensues until I pick her up and then she'll simmer down. 

That's our kid update. We sure love our girls. Can't imagine life without them.

Raking leaves at G&G Whiting's house. I love raking leaves and wanted to do this fun activity with my girls. :)

 

Better late than never. Aftyn was a cat for halloween. It's hard to see her ears on the top of her head, but they are there. Her favorite part had to be the makeup she wore on her face. She was delighted that she REALLY looked like a cat!

Jumping and playing in the leaves is a necessary part of raking. They loved doing it. Remember when the weather was so warm we could play outside in flip flops and no jackets? Yeah, me neither.  And I was probably too hot then anyway, what with being pregnant. . . . . . . .

Bronwyn the pirate. She was so cute! I decided she would have the most fun, since she didn't really care what she dressed up as, saying "AAARRGH" all night long. I'd say for the most part she loved her costume for Halloween.

This was taken at my sister Alyson's house the day before I trekked up to Idaho Falls after they had a big snow storm.

Taken last night. She was hungry and tired. Shocker. She sure is cute and still adores this pink blanket I pieced together thanks to my sisters Megan, Jenn and Alyson. They all played a vital part of this blanket, even if they don't know it. :)

Bronwyn being Bronwyn

 

 

This girl makes me laugh. She is really a thinker. And she thinks she's a dog, or a cat, or sometimes a horse.

What a sweetheart.

I think she is going to be tall like Aftyn but quiet and sensitive. She loves to be touched and to touch people already.